Day 10, we left the gliding club at about 4pm, and got taken back to the resource centre. We hiked up from there about 10 miles at 4pm. We got into camp late, but a beautiful view of the sunset, looking back over the valley was amazing! Thanks for watching, we shall see …
Day 8 & 9 Zero Day in Warner Springs
We stopped for two zero days in Warner Springs. We were put up by some friends at the airfield which was only 1 mile away. They picked us up at Warner Resource centre and we got a caravan to stop in overnight. Day 8 was mostly organising the next few days of our hike up …
Day 6 – Mile 77-93
12th April 2018 Day 6, we were awoken by border patrol at 5am wanting to check our passports. We packed up shortly afterwards and started the long hike up the other hill. Today had a wind warning of gusts up to 70mph! I did think we were crazy to hike up a hill with cliff …
Day 5 – Mile 59-77 (Scissors Crossing)
11th April 2018 Day 5, was a tricky day for me as most of the hiking was downhill. It was absolutely boiling too! We hiked about 9 miles that morning, before we stopped for a break, but it felt like we had done 16! We stopped for lunch, but there wasn’t much shade, so we …
Day 4 – Mile 43-59
10th April 2018 This day we were treated to some rather special views! Mount Laguna is up at 6000 feet, and just as we were hiked a few miles we were treated to this view:… It was so break taking, and I felt like a bird most of this day. We ended up having lunch …
Day 3 – Mile 30-43 (Mount Laguna)
9th April 2018 We hiked up to Mount Laguna from our camping spot at mile 30. It was a very windy day, and the climb was quite steep. The views got better the higher up we went. We carried enough water to get us into Mount Laguna. We arrived at about 2pm. We grabbed a …